Mr. Eric Ferron at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 8th, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 8th, 2024 / 12:20 p.m.

Director General, Criminal Investigations Directorate, Compliance Programs Branch, Canada Revenue Agency

Criminal investigations has tools that we're discussing here today. They're not surveillance tools. They are digital forensics tools that we use as part of our criminal investigations.

We've had a PIA for the criminal investigations program as a whole since 2016. The tools that we have were purchased right before that.

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